Sunday, 7 April 2013

The recipe for the pancake was adapted from the Vegan Lunch Box book. Oatmeal isn't a thing here in Australia, so I don't know where you would get oat flour. Instead I used some rolled oats whizzed up in my Tupperware Smooth Chopper. They're a bit tricky to make, the pan has to be hot enough or they are impossible to flip! But they are very tasty, so it's worth it.

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

X.O. beans is my favourite dish from my local Chinese restaurant, I can't get enough of it. It's spicy and garlicy and generally delish!

A friend who lives in Melbourne bought me a bottle of vegetarian X.O. sauce so I could make my own at home. To make the dish you stir fry the sauce with some garlic and then add the beans until lightly browned, it's very easy. This version tastes pretty good, but not as good as from the restaurant (it's a bit salty).

Sunday, 17 February 2013

There are a couple of really tasty treats in this bento. In the to left you can see a little chocolate morsel, it's a Wallaby Bite, and at the front right you can see some drool inducing French vanilla almonds.

I get the almonds from the local supermarket, they are so good it is really hard to stop eating them once you start. I HAVE to portion them out, or I'd eat the whole bag!! They are sweet and vanillary with a little bit of salt... yum!

Because I am looking to keep the fats in my diet low, I've been poaching chicken, rather than frying. For flavour I added some teriyaki sauce to the chicken in the lower bento.

A common factor for both bentos is Wallaby Bites. They are a tasty little treat! Seeds, dried fruit and puffed rice coated in dark chocolate... Yum! A little chocolate hit to keep me going at morning tea!